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BILDERBERG MEETINGS
Turnberry Hotel, Ayrshire, Scotland
May 14-17, 1998
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
CHAIRMAN:
GB Carrington, Peter Former Chairman of the Board, Christies International PLC; Former Secretary
General, NATO
HONORARY SECRETARY GENERAL:
NL Halberstadt, Victor Professor of Public Economics, Leiden University
I | Agnelli, Giovanni | Honorary Chairman, Fiat S.p.A. |
USA | Allaire, Paul A. | Chairman, Xerox Corporation |
E | Almunia Amann, Joaquin | Secretary General, Socialist Party |
P | Balsemao, Francisco Pinto | Professor of Communication Science, New University, Lisbon; Chairman, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister |
S | Barnevik, Percy | Chairman, ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. |
TR | Bayar, Ugur | Chairman, Privitization Administration |
I | Bernabe, Franco | Managing Director, ENI S.p.A. |
D | Bertram, Christoph | Director, Foundation Science and Policy, Former Diplomatic Correspondent, Die Zeit |
NL | Beugel, Ernst H. van der | Emeritus Professor of International Relations, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings for Europe and Canada |
CDN | Black, Conrad | Chairman, The Telegraph plc |
INT | Bonino, Emma | Member of the European Commission |
INT | Brittan, Leon | Vice President of the European Commission |
GB | Browne, John | Group Chief Executive, British Petroleum Company plc |
IRL | Bruton, John | Leader of Fine Gael |
GB | Buchanan, Robin | Senior Partner, Bain and Company Inc. UK |
D | Burda, Hubert | Chairman, Burda Media |
E | Carvajal Urquijo, Jaime | Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson S.A. (Spain) |
I | Cavalchini, Luigi G. | Permanent Representative to the European Union |
TR | Cem, Ismail | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
CDN | Chretien, Raymond A.J. | Ambassador to the U.S. |
RUS | Chubais, Anatoli B. | Former First Vice Prime Minister; Chairman RAO EES |
GB | Clarke, Kenneth | Member of Parliament |
F | Collomb, Bertrand | Chairman and CEO, Lafarge |
INT | Courtis, Kenneth S. | First Vice President, Research Department, Deutsche Bank Asia Pacific |
P | Coutinho, Vasco Pereira | Chairman, IPC Holding |
INT | Crockett, Andrew | General Manager, Bank for International Settlements |
GR | David, George A. | Chairman of the Board, Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. |
B | Davignon, Etienne | Executive Chairman, Societe Generale de Belgique; Former Vice Chairman of the Commission of the European Communities |
USA | Deutch, John M. | Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemistry; Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Former Deputy Secretary of Defense |
CDN | Dion, Stephane | Queens Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs |
USA | Donilon, Thomas | Partner, OMelveny & Myers; Former Assistant Secretary of State, and Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of State. |
DK | Ellemann-Jensen, Uffe | Chairman, Liberal Party |
D | Engelen-Kefer, Ursula | Deputy Chairman of the Board of Management, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB |
USA | Feldstein, Martin S. | President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. |
INT | Fischer, Stanley | First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund |
USA | Forester, Lynn | President and CEO, FirstMark Holdings Inc. |
USA | Gadiesh, Orit | Chairman of the Board, Bain and Company Inc. |
F | Gregorin, Jean-Louis | Member of the Board of Directors, Matra Hachette |
TR | Gezgin Eris, Meral | President IKV (Economic Development Foundation) |
B | Goossens, John | President and CEO, Belgacom |
GB | Grierson, Ronald | Former Vice Chairman, GEC |
USA | Grossman, Marc | Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State |
F | Guetta, Bernard | Editor in Chief, Le Nouvel Observateur |
GB | Hague, William | Leader of the Opposition |
GB | Hannay, David | Prime Ministers Personal Envoy for Turkey; Former Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
USA | Hoagland, Jim | Associate Editor, The Washington Post |
N | Hoegh, Westye | Chairman of the Board, Leif Hoegh and Co. A.S.A.; Former President, Norwegian Shipowners Association |
NL | Hoeven, Cees H. van der | President, Royal Ahold |
USA | Hoge, Jr., James F. | Editor, Foreign Affairs |
GB | Hogg, Christopher | Chairman, Reuters Group plc |
USA | Holbrooke, Richard C. | Former Assistant Secretary for European Affairs; Vice Chairman, CS First Boston |
P | Horta e Costa, Miguel | Vice-President, Portugal Telecom |
D | Ishinger, Wolfgang | Political Director, Foreign Office |
D | Issing, Otmar | Member of the Board, Deutsche Bundesbank |
GB | Jenkins, Michael | Vice Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson |
USA | Johnson, James A. | Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae |
USA | Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. | Senior Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP (Attorneys-at-Law) |
GB | Kaletsky, Anatole | Associate Editor, The Times |
GR | Karamanlis, Kostas A. | Leader of the Opposition |
TR | Kirac, Suna | Vice Chairman of the Board, Koc Holding A.S. |
USA | Kissinger, Henry A. | Former Secretary of State; Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc. |
INT | Kohnstamm, Max | Senior Consultant, The European Policy Center |
D | Kopper, Hilmar | Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank A.G. |
NL | Korteweg, Pieter | President and CEO, Robeco Group |
CZ | Kovanda, Karel | Head of Mission to the Czech Republic to NATO and the WEU |
USA | Kravis, Henry R. | Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. |
USA | Kravis, Marie-Josee | Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Inc. |
USA | Leschly, Jan | CEO, SmithKline Beecham plc. |
F | Levy-Lang, Andre | Chairman of the Board of Management, Paribas |
FIN | Lipponen, Paavo | Prime Minister |
DK | Lykketoft, Mogens | Minister of Finance |
CDN | MacMillan, Margaret | Editor, International Journal, Canadian Institute of International Affairs, University of Toronto |
CDN | Manning, Preston | Leader of the Reform Party |
I | Masera, Rainer S. | Director General, I.M.I. S.p.A. |
USA | Matthews, Jessica Tuchman | President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
USA | McDonough, William J. | President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
D | Nass, Matthias | Deputy Editor, Zie Deit |
NL | Netherlands, Her Majesty Queen of the | |
PL | Olechowski, Andrzej | Chairman, Central Europe Trust, Poland |
FIN | Ollila, Jorma | President and CEO, Nokia Corporation |
I | Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso | Chairman, CONSOB |
GR | Papandreou, George A. | Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs |
INT | Prendergast, Kieran | Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, United Nations |
USA | Prestowitz, Clyde V. | President, Economic Strategy Institute |
A | Puhringer, Othmar | Chairman of Managing Board, VA-Technologie AG |
GB | Purves, William | Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc. |
CH | Pury, David de | Chairman, de Pury Pictet Turrettini and Co. Ltd. |
A | Randa, Gerhard | Chairman of the Managing Board, Bank of Austria |
USA | Rhodes, William R. | Vice Chairman, CitiBank, N.A. |
GB | Robertson, George | Secretary of State for Defence |
USA | Rockefeller, David | Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank International Advisory Committee |
E | Rodriguez Inciarte, Matias | Vice-Chairman, Banco de Santander |
GB | Roll, Eric | Senior Advisor, SBC Warburg Dillon Read |
GB | Rothschild, Evelyn de | Chairman, N.M. Rothschild and Sons |
D | Schrempp, Jurgen E. | Chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler Benz A.G. |
DK | Seidenfaden, Toger | Editor in Chief, Politiken A/S |
I | Siniscalco, Domenico | Professor of Economics; Director of Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei |
INT | Solana Madariaga, Javier | Secretary General, NATO |
P | Sousa, Marcelo Rebelo de | Leader of the PSD Party |
N | Storvik, Kjell | Governor, Bank of Norway |
PL | Suchoka, Hanna | Minister of Justice |
USA | Summers, Lawrence H. | Deputy Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury |
IRL | Sutherland, Peter D. | Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Chairman, British Petroleum Company plc. |
GB | Taylor, J. Martin | Group Chief Executive, Barclays plc. |
USA | Thoman, G. Richard | President and CEO, Xerox Corporation |
N | Udgaard, Nils M. | Foreign Editor, Aftenposten |
CH | Vasella, Daniel | CEO Novartis |
USA | Vink, Lodewijk J.R. de | President and CEO, Warner Lambert Company |
FIN | Virkkunen, Janne | Senior Editor in Chief, Helsingin Sanomat |
B | Vits, Mia de | General Secretary, ABVV-FGTB |
A | Vranitzky, Franz | Former Federal Chancellor |
INT | Vries, Gijs M. de | Leader of the Liberal Group, European Parliament |
S | Wallenberg, Jacob | Chairman of the Board, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken |
USA | Whitman, Christine Todd | Governor of New Jersey |
D | Wissmann, Matthias | Federal Minister for Transport |
INT | Wolfensohn, James D. | President, the World Bank |
D | Wolff von Amerongen, Otto | Chairman and CEO of Otto Wolff GmbH |
USA | Wolfowitz, Paul | Dean, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
USA | Yost, Casimir A. | Director, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington |
RAPPORTEURS: | ||
GB | Micklethwait, John | Business Editor, The Economist |
GB | Wooldridge, Adrian | Foreign Correspondent, The Economist |
Agenda
May 14-18, 1998, Turnberry, Scotland
The Atlantic Relationship in a time of change
NATO
Asian Crisis
European Monetary Union
Growing Military Disparity
Japan
Multilateral Organizations
Europe’s Social Model
EU/ US Market Place